Curtain-roll support



PATENTBD. FEB. 1-6, 1964.

N. G. JONES. CURTAIN ROLL SUPPORT.

APP UATIONP 1 UNITED STATES Patented February 16, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

HALF TO MARTIN B. CARPENTER, O F SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

. CURTAIN-ROLL SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,397, dated February16, 1904. Application filed June 8,1903. Serial No. 160,532. no model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NEWTON O. J ONES, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of Springfield, in'the county of Hampden andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Curtain-Roll Supports, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-roll supports, and hasfor its object the provision of means whereby the supportingbracket inwhich the end portion of the cur tain-roll is journaled for rotation isadjustable of any special screws or fastenings and without marring ordisfiguring the woodwork.

The invention consists in constructions and combinations of parts, allsubstantially as hereinafter fully described, and set forth in theclaim. A

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective illustration of the improvedduplicated curtain-roll supports, the bracket member of one thereofbeing shown as detached from its sup: porting or base member. Fig. 2 isa perspective View illustrating the capability for an interchange of thebracket member relatively to its base member for increasing the range ofadjustment. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through a portion ofthe win: dew-casing as taken on the line 3 3, Fig. 1, and showing thearrangement and engagement of the supporting member therewith.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all ofthe views. I

In the drawings, A indicates the windowcasing having the usual moldingor thin strip B along: its inner face, the same being usually seciuredin place by screws at suitable interva s.

The curtain roll support comprises the bracket member 0 and the basemember D. The base is advantageously composed of a thin metallicsheet-metal strip having portions 6 and d bent at right angles to eachother, the portion 5 being struck up along its central line to produceexternally a rib. f and internally a channel g, said rib having thelongitudinal slot 71., The bracket member comprises the portion a', ofsimilar sheet metal, struck up with the longitudinal rear side ohanneland front side rib, the channel extending through from end to end of theportion 2' and adapted to fit over, to be engaged with, and also toslide along the rib-like portion f of the base member, said part havingthe longitudinal slot j in line with the aforementioned slot h, and thebracket proper extends forwardly from the end of the portionc' at rightangles thereto, as indicated at It. A nut is, as shown at m, disposedwithin the channel at the rear side of the base member D of the fixturereceiving the screw-threaded inner end portion of the screw 0, whichprotrudes through the matched slots and has its head in clampingengagement against the outer face of the bracket member, this screw whentightened uniting the members C and D and preventing movement of the onerelatively to the other.

One of the brackets has the usual aperture 0', while the other has theround hole q for acquiring the detachable engagement of thecurtain-roller with the curtain-roller supports.

The portion 62 of the base member D of the device is adapted to beinserted in the manner indicated in the drawings between themolding-strip B and the window-casing proper, A, this being readilypermissible, because of the comparatively thin character of said portionings, and the downward draft on the curtainroll support occasioned byany pulling on the curtain or curtain-rod having the tendency throughthe leverage brought against the brackets to swing the metallic supportsdownwardly causes the impingement or biting of the inner lower edge ofthe said lip against and into the front face of the window-casing, itbeing manifest that the harder the draft against the fixture the morecertain will become the engagement of the fixture against the casing. Asshown, the said lip may be simply and economically produced by slittingthe metal adjacent the junction of the portions 6 and d of the basemember and right angularly bending out the portion of the metal,

two of the edges of which become thereby severed.

The bracket members will be generally arranged with the portions k 70 atthe outer ends of the fixtures, as shown in Fig. 1, a considerable rangeof adjusting movement being possible by the reason of the slots h and j;but the range of adjustment is still further increased by interchangingthe bracket members, so thatthe bracket portions 70 are inwardlydisposed,as represented in Fig. 2, which may be done by removing theright-hand bracket member from its base member and bringing it toengagement with the left-hand base member, and vice versa.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

The combination with the window-casing having the strip B, of the basemember D comprising right-angularly arranged portions 6 and d and havingthe lip extending in a plane right angularly to the face of the portion(I, for coaction relatively to the windowcasing and its said strip asexplained, and a lgracket member supported on the base mem- Signed by meat Springfield, Massachusetts, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

NEWTON C. JONES.

Witnesses:

WM. S. BELLOWS, A. V. LEAHY.

